yes they gave me my money back in full last week after I cancelled, I waited for approximately a month for the cheque to get to me. Now I'm planning to buy a house no more land headaches avoid at all costs.

thats my plan too! just buy a house. did you wait for the 2 years? how did you process the refund

I waited for approx 1.9 years, I didn't sign their new contract and told my solicitor to tell them that I want to cancel, they sent me a deed to sign for cancellation at the solicitor's office which says the deposit will return in full, make sure that this is written otherwise if they refuse to return your deposit you have to wait for the full 2 years and then the contract will be automatically cancelled but I don't think that will be the case.

thats my plan too! just buy a house. did you wait for the 2 years? how did you process the refund

I waited for approx 1.9 years, I didn't sign their new contract and told my solicitor to tell them that I want to cancel, they sent me a deed to sign for cancellation at the solicitor's office which says the deposit will return in full, make sure that this is written otherwise if they refuse to return your deposit you have to wait for the full 2 years and then the contract will be automatically cancelled but I don't think that will be the caseYou collect the cheque from your solicitor then you cash it out at any bank